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1 posted on 06/22/2023 6:39:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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2 posted on 06/22/2023 6:40:06 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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Hung on his own petard.
His last video, found in the sub was, ‘Roseglub!’


3 posted on 06/22/2023 6:42:49 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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Rush spoke of the dangers involved in his work, saying, “There’s a limit. At some point, safety just is pure waste. If you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed, don’t get into your car, don’t do anything. At some point, you’re gonna take some risk and it really is a risk-reward question. … I think I can do this just as safely by breaking the rules.”

The above is a very sensible statement. Taking "safety just is pure waste" out of context is a disservice to every reader and Rush.

4 posted on 06/22/2023 6:44:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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The US taxpayer gets to gleefully foot the bill for the rank stupidity of this commercial company.


5 posted on 06/22/2023 6:44:47 AM PDT by Salvavida
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The good news is this CEO jerk-wad will no longer purposely endanger the lives of others by ignoring established submarine safety standards.

The bad news is this a$$ took four others with him. Rich people or stupid people or not, these folks did not deserve this fate.

I simply do not have any sympathy at all for this clown that thinks 50 year old white guys that are experts in submarine technology are a pure waste. May the worms down below enjoy their feast on Stockton Rush’s remains. May this or similar happen to all the other elite wokesters wrecking western society.


7 posted on 06/22/2023 6:48:45 AM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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I’ll bet that this Rush character has sung a different tune now, sad to say. I still pray for the families of those who are in this submersible, and who, according to those in the know have probably run out of oxygen.


10 posted on 06/22/2023 6:53:48 AM PDT by kagnew
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“There’s a limit. At some point, safety just is pure waste.

Agreed. I suggest that his vessel didn't get to that point.
12 posted on 06/22/2023 6:56:47 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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When you’re dumb, you gotta be tough.


13 posted on 06/22/2023 6:57:13 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (THE FBI INTERFERED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!)
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Back in the day Stockton Rush would have gone over Niagara Falls in a potato bag


14 posted on 06/22/2023 6:57:17 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Safety was not considered. The vessel was badly designed. The burden of responsibility falls on the company.

Going 2.5 miles below the surface of the ocean is serious business. The pressure on the sub is enormous. Too many things can go wrong and for some, there is no way to recover.

Hoping they are on the surface waiting to be let out - the stupid design of the thing means that it cannot be opened from the inside.

I would not have set foot into that vehicle for any incentive in the world. Unmanned vehicles give you the same view, but not the ability to say “I was there.”


15 posted on 06/22/2023 7:01:21 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. )
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Rush wanted to be a deep ocean explorer ‘pioneer’ of sorts. He took his calculated risks with the Titan. By some miracle now we hope they survive. Rush could learn much from this endeavor but more likely he’s posthumously passing that baton on to others.


29 posted on 06/22/2023 8:00:06 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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ABC reporter says on his trip they almost got stuck trapped by the propeller due to the currents. See video.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/06/22/the-missing-titanic-submersible-has-run-out-of-oxygen-n2624839


35 posted on 06/22/2023 8:17:15 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Trust but verify.

The same people in charge of the rescue/recovery and the vast majority of the people reporting on it are proven liars.

We take their word for anything at our peril.


40 posted on 06/22/2023 8:35:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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The Titanic is sitting ~12,500 ft below the surface.
That’s in excess of 5000 lbs/in^2 on the Titan.
That’s a lot of pressure stress on any craft.
And this was it’s what - fourth dive? - to that depth?
Hmmm...


51 posted on 06/22/2023 4:38:55 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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